🔥Cecily

SEHS-uh-lee
Feminine variation of Cecil
"blind"

Cecily Origin and Meaning

The name Cecily is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "blind".

Cecily is as dainty as a lace handkerchief. Cecily has a wide assortment of namesakes. One Cecily was the mother of King Richard III, whose beauty gained her the title "the Rose of Raby," Cecily Parsley is a Beatrix Potter bunny, Cecily Cardew is a character in The Importance of Being Earnest, and the author of the Gossip Girl books is Cecily von Ziegesar.

Sisters of Cecily that may also interest you: Cecilia, Cicely, and Celestia. Variant Cicely has a distinguished bearer in actress Cicely Tyson and was used by Sandra Bernhard for her now grown daughter..

# 989 in the US

Cecily Rank in US Top 1000

# 368 on Nameberry

Cecily Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Cecily Popularity

Famous People Named Cecily

  • Cecily Neville
    Duchess of York, mother of Kings Edward IV and Richard III of England
  • Cecily of York
    Viscountess Welles, daughter of King Edward IV
  • Cecily April Adams
    American actress and casting director
  • Cecily Brown
    English painter
  • Cecily Strong
    American actress and comedienne
  • Cecily Joan Tynan
    American television journalist
  • Cecily Brooke von Ziegesar
    American novelist
  • Cecily Farr
    correspondent to writer Helene Hanff
  • Cecily Polson
    Australian actress
  • Cecily Barmore
    Chapman, (b. 1992), daughter of reality TV's Beth Chapman
  • Sessilee Lopez
    American model

Cecily in Pop Culture

  • Cecily King
    character in L.M. Montgomery's "Road To Avonlea".
  • Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes
    children's book by Beatrix Potter.
  • Cecily Cardew
    a character in Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest".
  • Cecily Herondale
    character in "The Infernal Devices" series by Cassandra Clare.
  • Cecily Ashby
    one of the sister brides in the Chemical Garden Trilogy by Lauren DeStefano.
  • Cecily Addams/Underwood
    a minor character on TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".
  • Sister Cecily (born Elspeth) Scallon
    character in Rumer Godden's "In This House of Brede".
  • "Cecily Smith
    " song by Will Connolly.